Page 12 - Southern Exposure - February '21

Page 12, Southern Exposure

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Lighthouse ArtCenter Announces

Dynamic Exhibition Schedule

Newly Renovated Gallery Reopens And Welcomes Visitors To Experience Art

The Lighthouse ArtCenter (LAC) reopens its doors, Details about the exhibitions are below: Pendleton, William Kwamena-Poh, Kara Walker, and
welcoming visitors to experience a dynamic season of Exhibitions: Purvis Young. These accomplished painters, sculptors, and
visual art in the freshly renovated and modernized gallery Soul On Art: Ghosts Of Africa (January 26 to March 10) multimedia artists have created work held in prestigious
and 2-D studio. The 7,500-square-foot gallery kicks off Soul on Art: Ghosts of Africa features work by significant
the season with two concurrent exhibitions: Soul on brown and black artists, including Leonardo Drew, Adam
Art: Ghosts of Africa, and Radical Jewelry Makeover.
Soul on Art: Ghosts of Africa (January 26 to March 10)
features a culturally diverse exhibition, with works by
significant brown and black artists from all over the world.
Radical Jewelry Makeover (January 26 to March 20) is
an international traveling initiative, with donated jewelry
that has been deconstructed and reimagined into wearable
pieces of art. The winter season ends with the highly
anticipated Eighth Annual Plein Air Festival (March 14
to 20), with 24 award-winning artists participating from
all across the country.
The ArtCenter is following CDC health and safety
recommendations and is taking many precautions to ensure Tomorrow’s Hope by William
the safety of visitors, including increased cleaning, social Kwamena-Poh, Kalekye Kwamena-Poh, 2019
distancing and a mask requirement. Admission is free to
members and $5 for nonmembers. For more information, Kwamena-Poh, Networth
visit lighthousearts.org.
“We are so excited for this coming season! With the
onset of COVID-19, we took the quiet time to completely
re-energize and overhaul our facilities, which will enhance
our exhibitions, classes and workshops,” said Nancy
Politsch, CEO/CFO. “We welcome visitors back to the
gallery and 2-D studio, January 2021, with refreshed and
modernized facilities and a plethora of culturally diverse
and enriching exhibitions.”
“The Lighthouse ArtCenter has always been home to a
creative, engaged, enthusiastic community. Although the
members, students, faculty and staff may start out as strangers,
the inclusive power of art ultimately unites us as a family,”
states curator Janeen Mason. “We are very proud of this Kwamena-Poh, Celebration of Life
opportunity to invite new guests into our fold through these
exciting exhibitions in our completely upgraded facility.” Kwamena-Poh, Fishing Blues Art Happenings on page 13